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A lot of times it pays to double check that the model numbers match and go in and forcefully demand the price match. Employees have zero incentive to match a price and it forces them to input more data just to complete the sale.

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>Employees have zero incentive to match a price and it forces them to input more data just to complete the sale.

but they're being paid hourly, so it's not like it result is more work for them.

It's more work for them to lookup the amazon price and fill out whatever price change forms they're required to submit in order to get you the lower price. The alternative is just telling you it's not a match, swiping the barcode over the scanner and handing you a receipt.

They maybe evaluated by some sales metric rather than percentage of hours present during shift hours ;)

That's severely flawed logic to insinuate that hourly wage equates to work output. You must be on salary. Us little guys don't think like that, I promise. Underpaid workers don't want "more work" paid the same amount as if they do "less work," unless they're paid proper living wages in which case they wouldn't feel cutting corners necessary imo.

Employees have zero incentive to fight extra hard to save the company an extra $20. They're getting paid minimum wage regardless. Same way the cashiers at the grocery store will scan their bonus club card to get you a discount -- they don't get paid more or less if you get charged differently.

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